公开(公告)号：US10967262B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US14371328

申请日：2012-12-27

Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Kenichi Imai ,  Shigeru Enomoto ,  Hiroshi Saito ,  Toshimasa Aoki ,  Satoshi Hashimoto

IPC: A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/48 ,  G06F8/61 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/40 ,  H04N21/478 ,  A63F13/30 ,  H04L29/08 ,  A63F13/323 ,  A63F13/87 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/79 ,  H04W88/02 ,  A63F13/61 ,  A63F13/71 ,  A63F13/355

Abstract: When an acquisition unit acquires image data of a game being played on another information processing apparatus, a display processing unit displays, using the acquired image data, an image of game play. A participation processing unit allows a user to join the game being played on the other information processing apparatus, and an execution unit activates game software after it is determined that the user joins the game. While the execution unit is activating the game software, the display processing unit continues to display the image of the game play.

公开(公告)号：US10913001B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US15081024

申请日：2016-03-25

Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Javier Fernandez Rico

IPC: A63F13/795 ,  A63F13/332 ,  A63F13/537

Abstract: Gamer friend devices can be detected by a gaming console and the gaming console user can be prompted to add the friend devices to a friend list, which automatically logs the friends on its the console without requiring them to manually log in. The gaming console may also be automatically configured with profile information of the friends.

公开(公告)号：US10754779B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-25

申请号：US14759938

申请日：2013-10-04

Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Takeshi Hashimoto ,  Masaki Takahashi ,  Hideya Muraoka ,  Naoto Okino ,  Andrew R Thaler

IPC: G06F12/08 ,  G06F12/0868 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F16/28 ,  A63F13/77 ,  A63F13/95 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: A media drive is loaded with a ROM medium on which a plurality of files constituting an application are recorded. A readout block reads out data from the media drive. A memory temporarily stores the read-out data. A providing block provides the data stored in the memory to game software. A recording processing block records the data stored in the memory in an auxiliary storage device.

公开(公告)号：US10554742B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-04

申请号：US14766429

申请日：2013-02-19

Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Toshimasa Aoki ,  Tomoki Takaichi ,  Kosuke Suzuki

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: Provided is an information processing system capable of controlling a user s own name disclosed to other user in accordance with the relationship with the other user. A user management server stores, for each of a plurality of users, an identification name adapted to identify the user in association with a restricted disclosure name registered by the user and information identifying a user entitled to disclosure to whom the disclosure of the restricted disclosure name is permitted. The user management server receives a request for acquisition of name information of a requested user including information identifying a requesting user from a client device. The user management server transmits the restricted disclosure name of the requested user as a reply to the acquisition request if the requesting user is registered as a user entitled to disclosure of the requested user. If not, the user management server transmits the identification name of the requested user. The client device shows the transmitted name information of the requested user on a display screen.

公开(公告)号：US10484661B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US14905373

申请日：2014-03-19

Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Satoshi Kondo

IPC: H04N13/128 ,  H04N13/167 ,  H04N13/344 ,  G09G3/00

Abstract: A three-dimensional image generating device, a three-dimensional image generating method, a program, and an information storage medium provide for the ability to set the amount of disparity of a generated three-dimensional image to the amount of disparity according to the kind of display on which this three-dimensional image is displayed. A set value identifying section identifies the kind of display to which a three-dimensional image is output. An image generating section generates the three-dimensional image with the amount of disparity according to the kind of the display identified.

公开(公告)号：US10469829B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US14397654

申请日：2013-04-11

Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Akio Ohba ,  Hiroyuki Segawa ,  Tetsugo Inada

IPC: H04N13/239 ,  H04N13/128

Abstract: An information processor acquires a stereo image from an imaging device. A detection plane definition portion defines a detection plane in a three-dimensional space of a camera coordinate system of a first camera. A feature quantity calculation portion generates feature point image of left and right images. A parallax correction area derivation portion derives an area as a parallax correction area, which is obtained by moving, to a left, an area of the right image identical to the detection area of the left image. A matching portion performs matching for the feature point images of each area, thus deriving a highly rated feature point. A position information output portion generates information to be used by an output information generation section based on the matching result.

公开(公告)号：US10401978B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15058850

申请日：2016-03-02

Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Ken Kutaragi

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F3/0481

Abstract: To provide an information output system and an information output method capable of providing appropriate information for the user's current situation. The operation device comprises a state detection section for detecting a posture of the operation device, and a state information transmission section for transmitting state information to a home-use computer based on the state detected by the state detection section. The home-use computer outputs information depending on the state information transmitted by the state information transmission section.

公开(公告)号：US10359806B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15082335

申请日：2016-03-28

Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Steven Osman

IPC: G06F1/3231 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/85 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/285 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/327 ,  A63F13/32 ,  A63F13/33 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F1/3234 ,  A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/212 ,  A63F13/218

Abstract: A sensor generates signals representing whether a computer game headset is being worn properly so that the wearer may be advised. The sensor may be a pressure sensor or motion sensor or stretch sensor on the headset, or it may be a camera that images the wearer and uses image recognition to determine if the headset is on correctly.

公开(公告)号：US10334237B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US14992522

申请日：2016-01-11

Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tetsugo Inada ,  Shoichi Ikenoue

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  H04N13/279 ,  H04N13/332 ,  H04N13/366

Abstract: An information processing device includes: an information processing section configured to detect a figure of a target object from an image captured from a movie of the target object so as to perform information processing on the detected image; a main data generating section configured to generate data of a main image to be displayed as a result of the information processing; an auxiliary data generating section configured to generate data of an auxiliary image including the captured image; and an output data transmitting section configured to transmit to an output device the main image data and the auxiliary image data in relation to each other such that the main image and the auxiliary image are displayed together.

公开(公告)号：US10272345B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-30

申请号：US14893147

申请日：2014-02-21

Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Motoki Kobayashi ,  Shigeru Enomoto ,  Nobukazu Koyama ,  Yuji Nakamura ,  Akitsugu Tsuchiya

IPC: A63F13/795 ,  A63F13/87 ,  G06Q10/10

Abstract: A storing section stores an invitation message giving an invitation to an application to be executed by another information processing apparatus. An information displaying section displays the invitation messages on a display device. At this point, the information displaying section displays a valid invitation message and an invalid invitation message in a manner different from each other. The information displaying section may further display an unread invitation message and a read invitation message in a manner different from each other.